Improvement in lubricators



JOSEPH RICHTER, OF GIN@IIINA'II.,4 OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 110,868, dated January 10, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT N Lu-BRICA'oRs.

The Schedle referred to in these Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

To allachmnl it may concern v v Be it known that I, J osEPH'RICHTEn, of Cincincinnati, Hamilton county, State ol' Ohio, have-invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Iallow Lubri-y cators; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference-being had'to the accompanying drawing making part of thisV specification.

Nature and Objects of Invention;

My invention relates to the class of lnbricators which is designed to deliver a small and determinate quantity at each opening of the cock or valve which governs the exitfpipe, and consists, in connection with a chamber, which receives the determinate quantity and the cock o1' valve aforesaid, of a gravitating-valve f located between the charging-clnnnbe and tallow-reeeiver or cup, which opens by gravity when the discharging-valve below the chamber is closed, and closes hy pressure of steam when the discharging-valve is open.

adapted for cheap manufacture, in which springs and ports are avoided.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of' my lubricator in the position for dischargngthe tallow from the charging-chamber.

Figure 2 is a vertical section in the position wherein the discharging-valve'is closed and the charging-chamber is receiving tallow.

Genmlal Description.

A is the tallow-cnp or receiver, tted with the customary cap '15.

G is a chamber, which is designed to receive from cup A a limited quantity of tallow and discharge the same into the exit-tube D.

, This chamber is governed for supply and, discharge by the .valves E and F respectively. The valve-F is, asshown, of the common globe-valve description, but

an ordinary taper faucet or cock' of any description The object of my invention .is a simple lubricator vbeing permitted to liow i'eelyinto the exit I).

may be used at this point. The valve E is constructed with wines which slide' within the neck of the cup A.

It seats, n1 the manner shown, upward against the.

bottom oi"- thel cnp Afand rests, when it has fallen to the open position, npon the top of the chamber C.

`*I n order that the tallow `may pass into the chamber,

C when the valve- E isopen, notches lt al'ecut in the' lower face of the'valve and at the top ot' chamber C.;

The .valve.ma,y, however, be supported so as kto leave' l an opening below into the chamber in many ways, and

the notches a be thus dispensed with.

' Operation..

Fig. 2 represents theposittm ,of the parts when the' steam is s hut ott'zby valve F liom the steam-cylinder or other apparatus to' which the lubricator` may 'be attached. The jalveE is then open and the tallow is permitted to till the chamber() hy'ilowiug past'the wings of the valve E and the notches When it is necessary to discharge the quantity'contained in cham; ber @the valve l" is opened. The steam then bubbles wthrough the tallow, and thepress'nreot' the same `in.

stantly closes thewalve E, the .tallow at the same timel The action of this lubricatonis so rapid, positive,

and eticient that, it' t-hecap B is omitted, no steam escapes from it, .Lhe use of thecap is, however, pre- 'erred for cleanliness, appearance, &"c.',. and for "the reason that itserves to retain the heatfimparted by the steam and conduction to thelt'allow.

Claim.

I clanl- In the described connection with the chamber C 'and the valve F, the valve E, when the same isconstrncted to open by gravity and close by the pressure of'steam,} as and for the purpose explained.'

- In testimony ot' which invention I hereunto my hand.

JOSEPH RICHTER. Witnesses; l

I. L. WARTMANN,

E. F. LAYMAN. 

